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36ers import Jacobsen injured, reduced role at ABC
ERIC Jacobsen took an elbow to the head at Adelaide 36ers practice today creating a minor setback to its plans for the NBL's Australian Basketball Challenge in Brisbane.
The four-day pre-season tournament featuring the eight NBL teams and two clubs from China’s CBA, tips off at the Brisbane Convention Centre on Friday.
In a stroke of good fortune, the 36ers aren’t scheduled to play their first game until Saturday against Cairns Taipans.
Coach Joey Wright and his team will leave tomorrow but Jacobsen, 22 and a 208cm centre recruited from the Arizona State Sun Devils via Cleveland Cavaliers’ NBA Summer League team, now will not fly until Friday.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/adelaide-36ers-import-eric-jacobsen-hurt-at-practice-and-likely-to-play-lesser-role-at-australian-basketball-challenge/news-story/b6534ed552be0a36879a5e7da77421dc